M.P. v. State, Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services

HALL, Acting Chief Judge.

The appellant, M.P., Sr., challenges a dependency order declaring his son, M.P., a child, to be dependent and directing that M.P. be placed in the custody of B.P.J., M.P.’s mother and one of the appellees herein. The appellant contends that, among other things, the trial court’s order is defective because it fails to set forth the facts upon which a finding of dependency is based. The appellant also asserts that, upon remand, he is entitled to a trial de novo because the trial judge who presided over the lower court proceedings has since retired and a mere replacement…